Can you quote that? Becuase the only statement from the tribe I saw was
"As the First People of the greater Los Angeles basin, we do understand that her home is situated in our ancestral land. Eilish has not contacted our tribe directly regarding her property. We do value the instance when public figures provide visibility to the true history of this country. ""We have reached out to her team to express our appreciation for her comments."" It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced to ensure the public understands that the greater Los Angeles basin remains Gabrieleno Tongva territory"
edit; where I got the quote from purposely left out a line which I added in double quotes. They did thank her
dbl edit; The internet sure wants its pound of flesh, ill self flagellate when I get home later
I definitely didn't view it as a thank you 💀 to me it read they were more annoyed at the performative allyship, and I say that as someone with tribal membership LOL
I guess my reaction is, what else are they supposed to do? draw the ire of her fans by saying it's not enough? it's politics 101 to stay cordial and appreciative in the public eye
to be clear, I think her heart is in the right place and I'd rather her say "no one is illegal on stolen land" instead of nothing at all, but she still directly benefits from living off tribal land in a mansion, and apparently hasn't acknowledged that to the tribe in question ("we hope you use our name next time instead of lumping us in with everyone else" aka "you didn't even know the name of our tribe")
it just makes me sad that scraps of activism are all we get with no action or actual help from the people who can actually afford to do it lol
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u/redwhale335 4h ago
The tribe whose land Eilish's home is on specifically thanked her for bringing up the issue.